Originally Posted by cheryl rearick
My granparents owned a restaurant and on week ends I would wash dished (by hand) all day for .50 then go to candy store and by sibling treats. I was 9 years old. By 14 I could work as a waitress (for family) by then my aunt owned the restaurant. I got $1.00 an hour... Worked 7 days a week. (after school) and week-ends. I think back and could never imagine my children working that young, even at 14 not every day. How times have changed. When I was 10 the neighbor hired me to baby sit a new born.... so unreal now to think of a 10 year old baby sitting a new baby. Have a good day.
I was babysitting others kids at 9 and 10 also. but being the eldest of 6 gave me lots of experience.Especially since I had a mom that liked being pregnant but didn't like taking care of them once they were here. No one thought anything of it back then. Can you imagine the uproar today if a 10 yr old was left to care for younger sibilings for days at a time? And we had horses, dogs, chickens, a goat and a pig that needed care too.